A preliminary checklist of the praying mantids of Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast (Insecta: Mantodea) Author Schwarz, Christian J. Ruhr University Bochum, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, ND 1 / 31, D- 44780 Bochum, Germany Author Pohl, Marius rg/0000-0002-9342-0 Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität M ̧ nster, H ̧ fferstrasse 1, 48149 M ̧ nster, Germany https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9342 - 0172 Author Frank, Erik T. g/0000-0002-2066-320 Ruhr University Bochum, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, ND 1 / 31, D- 44780 Bochum, Germany & Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocentre, University of W ̧ rzburg, Am Hubland, D- 97074 W ̧ rzburg, Germany https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2066 - 3202 * Corresponding author. ChristianSchw @ gmx. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5575 - 9300 & Ruhr University Bochum, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, ND 1 / 31, D- 44780 Bochum, Germany nSchw@gmx. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-11-14 5373 1 1 64 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5373.1.1/52273 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5373.1.1 1175-5334 10145768 51184B8D-2D44-466C-B5CD-D043F4563532 Tarachina occidentalis Giglio-Tos, 1915 Figs. 8–12 Tarachina occidentalis Giglio-Tos, 1915: 34–35 . = Microbolbella nana Sj ̂stedt, 1930: 24, pl. 6, fig. 1a–d. Type localities. ( T. o. ) Thiès , Senegal ; ( M. n. ) Guinea . FIGURES 8–12 . Tarachina occidentalis Giglio-Tos, 1915 . 8–9. Female. 10–12. Male. 8, 10. Dorsal view. 9, 11–12. Ventral view. 12. Genitalia. Distribution. Senegal , Guinea , Ivory Coast , Burkina Faso , Ghana , Cameroon ( Beier 1968 ; Giglio-Tos 1915b ; Prost & Roy 1986 ; Roy 1962a , 1969 , 1971b ; Sĵstedt 1930). Records. CSC: ♁, old camp, 20.X.2000 , lux, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, old camp, 20.–31.X.2000 , C. J. Schwarz leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 264); ♁, old camp, 25.X.2000 , lux, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, old camp, 26.X.2000 , lux, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀ , old camp, 20.–31.X.2000 , C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, new station, 03.IV.–12.V.2017 , M. Pohl leg.; juv. ♀ , new station, 03.IV.–12.V.2017 , M. Pohl leg.; ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018 , M. Pohl leg.; ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018 , M. Pohl leg. (alc.). Remarks. Rather common in the northern parts of the country. Males are attracted to lights in large numbers. Nymphs and adult females are terricolous and myrmecomorphic, but of a more generalized type than the following species.